Our Adventures
Cayton Bay | A Parkdean Resorts Holiday
Gifted meals and extras but paid for the stay ourselves At the beginning of this month, we had booked a holiday to stay in Cayton, on the East Coast. We wanted just a few days away whilst it was the school holidays, just to spend some time together. As a Yorkshire family, there is nothing we love more than exploring our glorious county in search of those little gems that show just how beautiful our little part of the world is. The North Yorkshire coast provides many locations and with amazing views and so much history, but our favourite place of all is Cayton, and whenever we visit, we always stay…
Our Visit To The Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary
A few weeks back, we were invited over to the Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary, and it was great timing as we were actually over at the coast on holiday at the time. We have previously visited Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary before and the boys loved it so much that it was great to go back and see if there were any new sights. We were invited as part of their half-term A-scarium fun. A-scarium is an immersive trail which takes you past some of the creepiest sea creatures. For a limited time only ofbeing during the school holidays, five potion ingredients will be hidden in various tanks throughout the A-scarium,…
Coping With My Child’s First School Residential
Next month my eldest son is going to be off on his first residential trip with primary school, he is eight years old and it’s the first time he will be away from home without family around him. I honestly thought I would be fine with it as I am generally so busy with life, my blog and the other two boys that I didn’t think I would give it a second thought. I have avoided the school’s Facebook so I didn’t have to think about it and hid from conversations in the playground as the other parents ensure they have everything the children will and generally tried not to…
J’s Adventures with the Kiddimoto Scrambler Balance Bike
I think getting outdoors, come rain or shine, is so important and so as a family, we try to get outdoors as much as possible. The boys adore anything wheeled and so we love getting the bikes out and going for a ride. For J, it was always hard as he is too young to ride with pedals and so we started looking around for a suitable balance bike so that he could join in too. Kiddimoto is the UK’s original balance bike company and they have a huge range of balance bikes to teach children balance and the coordination skills necessary to prepare them for a lifetime of cycling…
One Magical City | DreamWorks Lights, Liverpool
After our lovely evening in Liverpool, and spending the morning shopping and playing on the rides, we had tickets booked for DreamWorks Lights and so off we popped to St Georges Hall to see them in all of their glory. In this UK first, St George’s Hall welcomes DreamWorks Lights – a stunning walkthrough lantern experience for all ages. We popped by the Christmas market on the way in which is situated just in front of the building. Once inside I realised just what all the fuss was about. All of our film favourites, from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar, had been transformed into huge illuminated figures in the Grand Hall…
One Magical City | Celebrating Christmas in Liverpool
It’s not often that we are invited on press trips to place but last week we were invited over to Liverpool to see what they had to offer over the Christmas period. Now, if you read my blog then you’ll know that we have visited Liverpool a couple of times over the past few months and it is somewhere that we adore. So obviously I said yes and off we popped on the train to visit the magical city. It seems like Liverpool comes alive at Christmas time. I mean, I’ve never seen so many lights and sparkle as I did last weekend. So festive, so pretty and so much…
The Secret Life of Pets Family Challenge with Energizer
As we all know very well by the recent film, The Secret Life of Pets, all our animals come to life at night and have a whole world of fun in their own adventures. I’m sure it’s the same for the boys soft toys too as I always seem to wake up and find them in new, unusual places. So, with that in mind and the fact that The Secret Life of Pets has been released on DVD, we have been challenged by Energizer to get creative and make a special sleeping place for our very own soft toys so reveal their imaginative secret life that they get up to…